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Offer to lease unsold land of the Idios Logos near Sko TM 18529Oxyrhynchos

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An offer addressed to the acting strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome by Eudaimon son of Eudaimon, through his friend Herodianos, to lease 2 1/2 arouras of unsold state land under the Idios Logos near the village of Sko for three years. It is dated to the 21st regnal year of Caracalla (AD 212/213) at Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

To Horeinos alias Apion, royal scribe acting as deputy for the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Eudaimon son of Eudaimon, grandson of Eudaimon, his mother being Hestia, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, through Herodianos, his friend, from the same city. I undertake to lease for three years from the present twenty-first year, from the unsold lands of the administration of the Idios Logos, formerly belonging to Diogenes alias Soter, near the village of Sko in the upper toparchy, from the 16th (?) rent-paying holding of Bierton (?), 2 1/2 arouras, at 1 1/2 per aroura, the rent being free of public charges, the amount being fixed as determined by inspection. Year 21 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Pius Augustus […] I, Eudaimon son of Eudaimon, through me […]

The Idios Logos was the Roman department handling confiscated and ownerless property; 'unsold lands' (aprata) were such properties leased out when no buyer was found. The rent figure '1 1/2 per aroura' omits its unit (probably artabas).

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pachtangebot auf ἄπρατα τῆς τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου ἐπιτροπῆς). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

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